Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-22

tered yellow roses and slender aigrette
of fesJhers. The roses also cross the
front in q bandeau. The old fashioned
taffeta ribbon with cord edge and tiny
dots OF the fashionable primrose yellow
shade crosses the ends of the crown and
forms strings. A novelty is a wood bon
net of light birch, with stems of roses
and leaves of lilies bordering its edges,
while stalks of lilies 0f-the-valley are
high on top amid loops of green and old
rose ribbon.
PRETTY DRESS.
A simple costume is made of French
chevios in light putty shade. The skirt
is laid IN very broad box plaits, the lower
part of each plat ornamented with fine
mohair braid, dark brown. put on in
pointed shape with turned loop at bot
tom of each point. There are five rows.
The long, pointed English draperY has
Ievers st the left side ornamented with
crossWise rows of braid, which reverSes
the usual style Of such designs and is
broad at the top aud narrow below. The
back is full at the top but falls quite plain
below. The basque has a revers on the
right side only, and is double breasted
below the bust, the neck being cut out in
heart shape and filed in with chemi-
settle trimmed with perpendicular rows of
braid. The reVers is also trimmed with
braid, put on crosswise.
NOTES.
Little girls wear very shorL-waisted
frocks.
White Iaces are introduced on London
round bats.
The masculine linen shirt bids fair to
supplant the waistcOat.
Hoop and pendant earrings are in fash
Ion again.
Colored hardkerchiefs are but little
worn and silk ones are entirely done away
with.
White, cream and ecru muslin robes
make up well with coarse washing laCes
for the seaside.
Combination costumes are not so much
worn as usual. Silk is made up by itself
and woOlens also.
The fashionable bracelet is almost
threadlike, and has heart or horseshoe
ornaments or rows OF diamond-set forget
-nots.
Printed and embroidered muslins are
made up over skirts Of plain silk or
ssateen matching the colOrs of the
grounds or those OF the figures.
Sr Open cut work embroidery on silk is
used for trimming dressy hats in COM
bination with lace flowers and ribbon,
bat rarely with feathers.
F A useful travelling ulster is arranged,
with Norfolk pleats back and front and
secured round the waist with belt and
Buckle. .s
The ''Maid Marion" is 6 charming1y
simple and dainty dress for girl. It is
made with shirred yoke and full shirred
sleeves.
In skirts long dTaperies Will be used as
much as ever, although the killed skirt,
with short sash OVerskirt, still continues
IN favor.
Ostrich feather fans, in the form of
Tyre, ere composed Of three or four long
plumes, and fluffy marabouts and au
aigrette. The stick handle is of ivory,
shell, carved wood, coral or maIachite,
imitation or real.
Jet bOnnets in prinCesse or fsh-WiTe
poke shape-the latter with it's narrow
penthouse front-are trimmed with
towering, upright bows of ribbon in the
colors of Charles <, pink, vivid scarlet,
terra Gotta, Chartereuse, Or primrose.
The fancy for colOred folds and ribbons
inside dresses has brought into use large
neckerchiefs of fancy colored India silks
in flowers end stripes. These are shaped
like very large square collar, somewhat
in sailor shape, with great loops and a
fanCiful bow at the throat.
Coaching parasols are displayed in
checks, stripes and plain colors with tips
of twisted wood and natural wood sticks,
mounted with chased handles of silver
and gold. Still other perasols have
elaborate handles of Oxidized silver.
White and black lace parasols are es-
pecialIy beautiful this season; the baud
soonest are flushed with steel ribs and
handles in the shape of shepherds crooks
ana ether styles.